Definition of Naiad family

1. Noun. Monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Naiad Family

nagmaals
nagor
nagors
nags
nagware
nagyag-ite
nagyagite
nagyagites
nah
nahal
nahals
nahcolite
nahpoite
nahualism
naiad
naiad family (current term)
naiades
naiads
naiant
naid
naif
naifer
naifest
naifly
naifs
naik
naiks
nail-biter
nail-biting

Literary usage of Naiad family

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Excursion Through the Slave States: From Washington on the Potomac, to the by George William Featherstonhaugh (1844)
"... have travelled for the purpose of studying this interesting naiad family, has communicated to me the specific names of more than one hundred species (? ..."

2. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1878)
"... the numerous members of the naiad family, the author explains their various abih'ties of exercising muscular and fibrous forco iu diiferent directions. ..."

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